Device for fitting doors.



W.-H. DURKEE. DEVICE FOR FITTING DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I917.

Patented Fb.19,1918.

d I I I l I I I I I I II UNTTE %TATE% if rear WILLIAM-H. DURKEE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB. OF ONE-HALF TO B. O. HULL, OF BURTON, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR FITTING DOORS.

Application filed March 2, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. Dunner),

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Fitting Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pattern or templet device used for fitting doors or other objects within frames or openings, and the main object of the invention is to provide a device for the purpose set forth, that is universally adjustable, or that can be readily adjusted .vit-hin the frame or opening to fit or conform to the contour of said opening and thereby serve as a pattern or templet which may be placed on the door or other object to be fitted, the exact contour of the opening can then be traced on the object and said object cut accordingly, thereby greatly facilitatingthe operation of fitting the'object to the opening. Heretofore the fitting of doors to old frames which for various reasons have-bocome distorted or out of square or plumb. has been a matter of annoyance, a great deal of time and labor being necessarily occupied in the taking of various measurements and angles and transferring them to the door to be fitted. The liability of errors in transferring the measurements and numerous other objectionable features common to the old method of fitting are familiar to those versed in the art.

As far as I know, the devices at present employed for fitting doors are vertically and horizontally adjustable the corners being right angular and rigid. These devices are more or less convenient for new work where the frames are supposed to be true and plumb. lVhile the improved device is serv icable and highly efficient for fitting doors and the like in frames on new work, it is also particularly adaptable and convenient on repair work owing to the relative adj ustability of the several members whereby not only the vertical. and horizontal alinements or dimensions are obtainable, but also the corner angles, other than right angles, are readily formed by the simple manipulation of the parts, thereby making the device equally adaptable for fitting doors to distorted frames and to true or rectangular frames,

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 151.981.

The construction of the device with its simple and universal adjustments provides a time and labor saving 1 trument that is economical, durable and etlicient.

With the above mentioned and other apparent objects in view the invention consists in the construction, arrangen'ient and C011]- bination of the elements as described in the following specification and pointed out definitely in the annexed claims, reference being made to the accompanying drawings in which similar characters of reference are used to designate similar parts, and in which Figure 1 illustines the improved device fitted within a true or rectangular frame.

Fig. 2 illustrates the device as adjusted to fit, and as removed from a distorted door frame.

Fig- 3 illustrates the device adjusted to its extreme vertical, right angle adjustment, portions of the device being broken away for convenience in arrangement of drawing.

Fig. 4 illustrates the device adjusted to the extreme horizontal, right angle adjustment Wit/ll portions broken away for the same reason as above mentioned.

Fig. 5 is a section on line of Fig. 1.

Fig. (5 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 4:.

Fig. 7 is a detail on an enlarged scale of a certiain type of adjusting means that may be usec.

In the embodiment of the invention asv illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the device is composed of two sine members 1 and-:2, two end members 3 and i, an intermediate supporting member 5, and a series of connecting members 6, 7, S, 9, 10, 11, i2, and 13.

In a preferred construction the members 1, 2, 3, and t are light L bars, the member 5 is of wood, and the connecting members are flat metal parts, but it will be understood that any suitable material may be used for the several elements without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The connecting members 6 and 7 are pro vided, respectively, with slots 6 and 7 a and are pivotally attached to the end member 3 by screws 3, and are connected with the member 5 by a screw 5 passing through the slots 6 and 7 a and threaded into member 5. The connecting members 12 and 13 are likewise provided with slots 12 and 13 and are pivotally attached to the end member 4: by

screws 4: and connected with member 5 by a screw 5 passing through the slots 12 and i3 and threaded into member 5;

Connecting members 8 and are pivotally connected with the side alinement member l by screws 1 and l and connecting members 9 and 11 are likewise connected with the side alinement member 2 by screws 2 and 2*; he members 8, 9, l0, and 11 are provided, respectively, with slots 8 9, 10*,

and 11, and are connected with the support- The ing member 5 by screws 5 and 5 members 8 and 9 overlap as shown and the screw 5" passes through the slots 8 and 9 and is ireaded into the member 5, while the JULEiilJilfS i0 and 11 are similarly connected as a whole becomes rigid and can be removed from the opening and used as a templet for cutting the object to be fitted to the opening.

In Fig. 2 the device is illustrated as adjusted tothe contour of a distorted door frame. iVhile this may show an exaggerated condition it serves to illustrate the functions, as it will be seen that by placing the device as adjusted and rigidly fixed by the set screws, on the face of a door and tracing on the outer lines a, b, 0, and (Z the angles 10, w, y, and z are accurately transcribed without the employment of other tools.

The device admits of vertical, horizontal, and angular adjustments, or in other words, it is universally adjustable.

Bolts 20 provided with wing nuts 21 may be used in place of the set screws shown in the several figures and the same tained, the parts being held in adjustment by the bolts passing through the several elements and being held rigid by the wing nuts.

t will be seen that all'the screws may be loosenedand the device adjusted to a com pact assemblage for storage or transportation. While I have shown and described a practical embodiment of the invention, it will be understood that I am not confined vCopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the i Washington, D. G. i

results ob- 7 to this construction specifically, as there may .bechanges in design, relative proportions of part-s and various other minor details of construction wlthout departure from the naother, an intermediate member, and pivotal and slidable means connecting said alinement members with the intermediate member, whereby the allnement members maybeadjusted to the sides and ends of the opening and to obtuse, acute, or right angular relation of said ends to the side 2. In a pattern device for fitting objects to openings thecombinationbt two side members; two end members; an intermediate supporting member; connecting members pivotally connected with the end members and adjustably connected with the supporting member; connecting members pivotally connected with the side members and adjustably connected with the supporting member, whereby said side and end members are relatively adjustable vertically, horizontally and angularly.

' In a pattern device for fitting objects to openings the combination of two side members; two end members; an intermediate supporting member; connecting members pivotally connected with the end members and adjustably connected with thesup'porting member; comiecting members pivotally connected with the side members and adjustably connected with the supporting member, whereby said side and end members are relatively adjustable vertically, horizontally and angularly; and means for making all connections rigid after adjustment.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. Dunner-11,4,

WVitnesses: I

O. G. BILLMAN,

' L. F. GRIswoLD.

Commissioner of Patents, 

